• Chapters are organized by the week of pregnancy
• The authors are both internationally recognized experts and the text is reliable, accurate and up-to-date
• Key points of each chapter are highlighted in summary boxes
• Beautiful, state-of-the-art ultrasound images show the stages of development of the unborn baby
• After reading this book pregnant women (and their partners) will be equipped to make the difficult decisions about prenatal tests

Readership: Parents-to-be and those who advise them.

Lachlan De Crespigny, Honorary Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, and Frank Chervenak, Given Foundation Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA

Frank Chervenak is the Given Foundation Professor and Chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York. He trained in medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Pennsylvania, completed his residency in obstetrics and gynaecology at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York and received his diplomate in maternal-fetal medicine in 1985. He has contributed over 180 articles to medical journals, and has edited over 15 books on fetal and neonatal topics.

Introduction
1: Why have prenatal tests?
2: Your fetus: normal and abnormal development
3: Choosing the best prenatal tests for you: an overview
4: Prenatal testing: preconception to 9 weeks
5: Prenatal testing: 10-14 weeks
6: Prenatal testing: 15-17 weeks
7: Prenatal testing: 18-22 weeks
8: Prenatal testing: 23 weeks until delivery
9: Decisions after prenatal testing
10: Glossary of terms